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F1 tornado in Logan County, Illinois

Tornado September 26, 2003 · Logan County, Illinois

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$15K

Damage as recorded

$30K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado briefly touched down southeast of Broadwell. It destroyed an old outbuilding, blew down two trees, and blew out 5 windows on a house. Two people in the house at the time, saw the tornado approaching and took shelter in the basement. No injuries were reported. Also, the wooden cellar door on the house was torn off and nearby crops were destroyed.

Began near Broadwell (40.0500, -89.4167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F1 Coles County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5337781. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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